SEVERAL HOURS OVERNIGHT UNTIL THEY LEAVE HOUSTON. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FIRST STOP IN TEXAS WAS IN FORT HOOD. HE SPOKE AT THE MEMORIAL FOR THE VICTIMS AT THE ARMY POST. SADLY, SECOND OF ITS KIND AT FORT HOOD IN JUST FIVE YEARS. RYAN KORSGARD THERE NOW TO SHOW US HOW THE THREE FALLEN SERVICE MEN WERE REMEMBERED. ?? GREETING SOLDIERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS -- WALK BESIDE US. GATHERED AT FORT HOOD JOINED BY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF TO REMEMBER THREE LOST AND 18 INJURED IN A DEADLY SHOOTING A WEEK AGO TODAY. WE MUST HONOR THEIR LIVES, NOT IN WORD OR TALK, BUT IN DEED. AND IN TRUTH. IT'S THE SECOND TIME IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS TRAVELED TO THE NATION'S LARGEST ARMY POST IN THE WAKE OF A DEADLY ATTACK AT THE HANDS OF ONE OF THEIR OWN. IT WAS LOVE FOR THE ARMY THAT MADE THEM THE SOLDIERS THEY WERE. THE PRIVATE CONTINUES HIS RECOVERY AT A HOSPITAL NOT FAR AWAY AFTER DOCTORS REMOVED A BULLET FROM HIS SPINE. AT HIS BEDSIDE FAMILY MEMBERS SAY HE'S SHOCKED THAT THE ACCUSED GUNMAN, SPECIALIST LOPEZ, IS SOMEONE HE KNEW. JOSEPH TOLD HIS BROTHER -- TO THINK LIKE MY OWN FRIEND DID THIS TO ME, LIKE WHY? WHY DID HE DO THIS TO ME? INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH FOR AN ANSWER. THE LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES LOPEZ WAS INVOLVED IN A VERBAL ALTERCATION OVER A REQUEST FOR LEAVE BEFORE THE SHOOTING RAMPAGE. 33000 BLOCK -- MULTIPLE GUNSHOT VICTIMS. HE ALLEGEDLY FIRED MORE THAN 30 ROUNDS IN JUST OVER EIGHT MINUTES. APPARENTLY SLEDDING HIS VICTIMS AT RANDOM. VICTIMS REMEMBERED HERE TODAY. HONORING THOSE LOST FOR THEIR SACRIFICE. [TAPS] SUPPORTING THE WOUNDED STILL STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. US THAT RYAN KORSGARD REPORTING FROM FORT HOOD.

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